Well, it took me a few months, but I had the opportunity to try on DadWagon’s favorite small-bore transgression this month. My little family trekked out to Brooklyn to visit friends, and what did we do? We all took our kids (these friends have a three-year-old) to the local gastropub. Yes, friends: I dipped a …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
This Is Much Better Than That Volcano You Built in Middle School
A Brooklyn dad and his kid performed a flat-out-awesome science experiment: They built a little foam capsule containing an HD video camera and an iPhone (for its GPS capabilities), tied it to a group of weather balloons, and sent it up into space. More here, with links, where I wrote about it on Friday.
Any Club That Would Have Me…
I’m sitting in the Kansas City airport as I write this, waiting for a flight home. Unlike the road missives of Dadwagon’s traveling stalwarts (which is like a Wilbury, but with less guitar), this isn’t a post about how much I miss my son while on the road. This was JP’s mother’s weekend, so I …
A Week on the Wagon: Childhood in a Blur
A week doesn’t seem a long time, until you consider how incredibly freaking fast these DadWagon kids are changing. It’s white-knuckle business, raising children. One moment you’re like Christopher, astounded that the baby played alone for 10 minutes, and in a breath, you’re already in Theodore’s shoes, contemplating the fact that your child, who can’t …